agent-style 0.2.0

The Elements of Agent Style: a literature-backed English technical-prose writing ruleset for AI agents, with CLI install/enable/disable for 8 primary agent surfaces.

agent-style (PyPI)

CLI for The Elements of Agent Style: a literature-backed English technical-prose writing ruleset for AI agents.

Install:

pip install agent-style

Basic use:

agent-style list-tools                               # show supported tools
agent-style enable claude-code                       # wire up Claude Code
agent-style enable claude-code --dry-run --json      # preview in canonical JSON
agent-style disable claude-code                      # reverse
agent-style rules                                    # print bundled RULES.md

The CLI writes to .agent-style/ in your project and safely adds a marker-wrapped reference to your existing instruction file (CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, .github/copilot-instructions.md, etc.). Existing content is preserved; writes are idempotent; --dry-run previews without changing any file.

Supported tools and install modes in v0.2.0:

Tool	Install mode
claude-code	import-marker (writes @.agent-style/claude-code.md to your CLAUDE.md)
agents-md	append-block (writes a marker block to your AGENTS.md)
copilot	append-block (writes a marker block to .github/copilot-instructions.md)
copilot-path	owned-file (writes .github/instructions/agent-style.instructions.md)
cursor	owned-file (writes .cursor/rules/agent-style.mdc)
anthropic-skill	owned-file (writes .claude/skills/agent-style/SKILL.md)
codex	print-only (writes .agent-style/codex-system-prompt.md; stdout = prompt)
aider	multi-file-required (writes .agent-style/aider-conventions.md; stderr = .aider.conf.yml snippet)

The full rule set lives in the canonical repository at https://github.com/yzhao062/agent-style. This PyPI package bundles RULES.md, NOTICE.md, the 8 primary adapters, and the tools.json registry; running agent-style rules prints the bundled RULES.md for quick review.

License

• Code: MIT (LICENSES/MIT.txt).
• Bundled prose (RULES.md, NOTICE.md, adapters): CC BY 4.0 (LICENSES/CC-BY-4.0.txt).

Roadmap (v0.2.0+): agent-style update (pull refreshed adapters), agent-style override <RULE> disable (per-rule opt-out), agent-style clean (single-command uninstall), .agent-style/config.toml (project-level config).